Bowker, a right-handed pitcher at Vanderbilt, is taken in the third round of the MLB amateur draft, the 100th player taken overall.
Steve Craig
Staff Writer
Steve Craig reports primarily about Maine’s active high school sports scene and, more recently, the Portland Hearts of Pine men's professional soccer team. His first newspaper job was covering Maine high school sports in 1986 working out of a tiny office in Skowhegan at the front of a hand-sewn shoe shop. After 12 years as a sportswriter in Dover, New Hampshire, he had a multi-year stint as the Portland Press Herald's freelance motorsports writer. In 2012 he was happy to make a working return to Maine as a staff writer for the Press Herald. Steve was named the National Sports Media Association's 2022 Maine Sportswriter of the Year, 27 years after winning the award for New Hampshire.
Posted inBaseball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Meet the 4 Mainers who could make history at the MLB Draft
Cody Bowker and Wyatt Nadeau lead the list of former Maine high school players with realistic hopes of being drafted.
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Posted inBoys Basketball, Football, Sports, Varsity Maine
Varsity Maine Boys Athlete of the Year: Jamier Rose, Noble
The dynamic two-sport athlete is the first to win both the Fitzpatrick Trophy and Mr. Maine Basketball, but he also set a new standard for basketball and football excellence at Noble High.
Posted inBoys Basketball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Varsity Maine Boys Team of the Year: Windham basketball finds repeat success
The Eagles repeated as Class AA champions with a style and commitment that honored the late Pat Moody, who embodied Windham hoops.
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine, Wrestling
Maine wrestling group announces this year’s Hall of Fame class
Cody Hughes, a four-time state champ at Marshwood High, headlines three inductees.
Posted inBoys Lacrosse, Sports, Varsity Maine
Kennebunk’s Charlie Burch joining national lacrosse hall of fame
The UNE men’s head coach will be inducted into the National Interscholastic Lacrosse Coaches Association Hall of Fame for his coaching success and promoting the game at the Maine public school level.
Posted inHearts of Pine, Sports
Hearts of Pine settle for tie with South Georgia
Portland can’t get the winner even with a 25-minute man advantage to close the game.
Posted inHearts of Pine, Sports
Hearts of Pine sign former LA Galaxy center back
Sega Coulibaly made 49 starts for the MLS club before from 2021-23
Posted inLocal & State, Maine colleges, Sports, UMaine Sports
UMaine opts in to landmark NCAA settlement that allows direct payments to athletes
The state’s only Division I program had initially planned to opt out of a ruling that would allow schools to directly pay student-athletes.
Posted inHearts of Pine, Sports
Hearts of Pine begin grueling portion of season
Friday’s game at Rhode Island FC starts a seven-game stretch in just over four weeks that will test the club’s depth.